Cutest Crew of course!!

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight I'm hopping with an awesome bunch of talented Australian crafters who love sharing with you!!

And this month Mandy has challenged us to showcase the animal kingdom.  I just HAD to use those super cute kitties from the Cutest Crew bundle available THIS MONTH!!  

I've made a spanner card with opens to show layers of kittens, then flowers from the Extraordinary Flora washi tape and die, and then opens inside for the greeting.  The lovely long line of kittens worked perfectly for this type of card!!

The Extraordinary Flora details make it so easy to create the lovely garden for the kittens to frolic!!  

This is basically a standard card, and then it is cut up to the centre line on the front at 3 1/2 cm from each side (or 1 1/4 inches).  

I used the lovely Mixed Patterns DSP for my side and front centre panels with a mix of both sides of the same paper. 

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of amazing inspiration just for you!

Cutest Crew Spanner Card

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.

Rolling Waves fun pouch CTC#559 Online Exclusives

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight you get to enjoy our amazing CASEING the CATTY blog hop.  To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues (catty!)

This week, we are CASEING the March Online Exclusives and I was totally inspired by the gorgeous Rolling Waves bundle.

The cute umbrella die was my starting point, and I also wanted to try a really fun new fold that doubles as a pouch and I used it in another post here!!

I love love love the gorgeous shells!!  They all cut out at the same time!!  Love that.  AND they look great out of the Metallic Foil!

I love the watery stamped image!!  

You can see how to create this little pouch HERE

Up next is the extraordinary Peta

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of great ideas!

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Rolling Waves Fun Pouch

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!) 

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.

Joyful Squares Colour INKspirations #204

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight I'm joining in with the Colour INKspiration crew and our awesome colour combination!!

Check our the amazing image this week!!  And that gorgeous cake!!  You can see that I've been hugely inspired by the image as well as the wonderful colours

My Cake is basically 3 rectangles stamped, inked and embellished to create a three tier cake.  Each rectangle is:  4 x 7cm, 3 x 5.5cm, 2 x 4cm.  I've stamped onto each of the tiers using the Joyful Squares and the Addressed to You stamp sets and Petal Pink ink.  I also die cut a couple of the images from the Joyful Squares dies, and then used a blending brush and Petal Pink ink to add more colour.

My flowers also come from the Addressed to You stamp set and I've coloured them with Flirty Flamingo and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends after using Lost Lagoon to stamp the images and greeting.

And I love the stamped corner detail from the Addressed to You stamp set.   

My final touch is some gorgeous Iridescent Pearls on each of the flower centres. 

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use neutrals such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Joyful Squares Colour INKspiration

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!) 

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.

So Pretty - Colours of Easter Joy paper CTC#558

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight you get to enjoy our amazing CASEING the CATTY blog hop.  To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues (catty!)

This week, we are CASEING the super sweet colours of the Easter Joy papers!!  

And I have CASEd the super sweet card on the top right of the landing page of this gorgeous suite.  One of my lovely friends and team member has this stamp set and she allowed me to stamp a bunch of sweet bunnies and eggs!! Which worked perfectly for my card this week!!  I did a lot of fussy cutting for all the images, but I think it was worth it!!

I've also used the gorgeous glossy Pleasant Patterns specialty paper for my card front and sponged some extra Shy Shamrock ink onto the Pretty in Pink piece so that it was more like the DSP in the image.

My greetings come from the very useful Banner Sayings bundle with the excellent Triple Banner Punch for the front of the card.

Up next is the extraordinary Peta and her stunning floral card.

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of great ideas!

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Easter Joy CASE

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!) 

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.